Miguel Vargas

And then kind of a, a poor second half.

And if they think he's one and done, well, does that move Miguel Vargas over to first and kind of open up the left side of that infield a little bit more? Um, so I think that those are the interesting things, um, going into next year.

It really does start in a lot of ways from Montgomery and, and Sam Antonacci because Antonacci is someone you want in that lineup as much as possible.

If you look at the Brewers and, and some of these playoff teams and the way, the ways they've learned how to win, um, I think you see that there's diversity within their offense especially.

And then kind of a, a poor second half.

And if they think he's one and done, well, does that move Miguel Vargas over to first and kind of open up the left side of that infield a little bit more? Um, so I think that those are the interesting things, um, going into next year.

It really does start in a lot of ways from Montgomery and, and Sam Antonacci because Antonacci is someone you want in that lineup as much as possible.

If you look at the Brewers and, and some of these playoff teams and the way, the ways they've learned how to win, um, I think you see that there's diversity within their offense especially.

And then to figure it out, like he would not be the first, the ceiling for him is not like a one 40.

It's not Miguel Vargas, but I think the ceiling is, you know, basically like the, some, what we got from Mookie bets last year, I think is kind of the ceiling where it's like, Yeah.

It's kind of an above average, slightly above average middle infielder.

That's really good defensively.

When do you get over that hill? When is Muncy over the hill? I would love to live in a world where Max Muncy is playing third base at this level for the next 10 or 15 years, but just the reality is the physiology tells you that his body ain't going to hold up for that.

So you need to look to the future and it could be more so with the max and the Tommy, it's going to be, you know, really what does Emil Morales turn out into or chase Harlem? What are these next, you know, I guess, wave of minor league infield prospects as the last wave did not work out.

The two that did aren't playing for the club with Miguel Vargas and Michael Bush.

Those guys are playing in the central.

That's, I think, what Triffin lacked coming to this was He didn't really do the minor league baseball, but even like not just minor league baseball, it doesn't have to be necessarily baseball, but like covering one team, a basketball, football, hockey, what have you, like AHL or something like that.

You can have like a minor league experience in their sport, but just being around the same team and telling their stories over the course of an entire season, And, you know, realizing when you have to get more material and how much you might go back to the well over one thing over and over again and just realizing like how, like, you know, I referenced like Miguel Vargas two years ago, his hand adjustment.

He made a hand adjustment in April or May and September, still talking about the hand adjustments.

And it felt like...

Maybe not from living the season we just have, but if you... you know, excuse the expression, just like went into a coma after the draft season last year and then you woke up and saw this draft, you would say, wait a minute, Jacob Mizorowski, number two overall, Pete Crow Armstrong, number three overall, CJ Abrams, number seven, Cam Schlittler, 13.

Even as you get into the second round, Bryce Terang, Connor Griffin, 20 and 22 respectively, and then Miguel Vargas, 23 overall.

Uh, yes, we know that there's great arguments for each of those players at those picks.

But again, when you just look at it, it's like times are a change in, and, uh, it's fun that you see these guys there because it's kind of the benchmark we'll measure them against throughout the off season.

Right.

But then you zoom out.

It's like, OK, you know, Connor Griffin, Miguel Vargas, Bryce Terang.

Right.

All right, let's look at these arbitration guys.

Miguel Vargas, $5.4 million.

Give it to him.

Immediately.

Easy.

In fact, Miguel Vargas might be...

Give him more.

Just sign him.

And then 64% voted who should get the White Sox, who should get the White Sox to send first.

64% went with Miguel Vargas.

29% went with Munataka Murakami.

4% went with Sean Burke.

Wait a minute, Jacob Mizorowski, number two overall, Pete Crowe Armstrong, number three overall, C.J. Abrams, number seven, Cam Schlittler, 13.

Even as you get into the second round, Bryce Terang, Connor Griffin, 20 and 22, respectively, and then Miguel Vargas, 23.

Yes, we know that there's great arguments for each of those players at those picks, but again, when you just look at it, it's like, Times are a-changing, and it's fun that you see these guys there because it's kind of the benchmark we'll measure them against throughout the offseason.

But that was one that jumped out to me.

Right.

But then you zoom out.

It's like, OK, you know, Connor Griffin, Miguel Vargas, Bryce Terang.

Right.